i don't have a paper. While the Brothers Glazer have been hailed as everything from geniuses to gangsters for procuring Jon Gruden to be their head coach, it should be noted that they also have been incredibly fortuitous. Remember, they tried to get Gruden from the Raiders before, and Al Davis was not willing to negotiate then. For some reason, he was willing Sunday night. If Davis had not been willing, the Bucs would not have Gruden or Steve Mariucci. The Glazers, then, almost assuredly would n...

When I think of coaching I think of practice planning, game planning, scouting of offense and defense, choosing my starters, little things like that. All of those ideas are valid, but that's not the whole picture. There is a lot more to coaching than planning for a practice or a game. Many times a person who would like to coach an inter school athletic team has little or no preparation to teach sports skills and techniques. The only qualifications is often the person's participation on his or he...

SvenGateWhenever I read things like Sven gate my first response is always, who gives a damn? But after a while I realize that probably the majority of the British people do give a damn. Especially when the scandal is about the head coach of the worlds "greatest" football team. I mean they really aren't the worlds greatest but the Brits think that they are, so how do you cope with the fact that they haven't won a big tournament sins 1966? Well for one thing you can blame it all on the fact that t...

Personal Writing: The Evaluation of My Coaches Throughout my high school basketball career I experienced several different coaches. Every new coach brought a different approach to coaching. The varying techniques of coaching brought about different attitudes and expectations during practices and games. I found that during practice, coaches had either the nice-guy or the drill sergeant approach. They also had different methods of coaching during and after the games. Practices are very important t...

For this assignment I wanted to focus on baseball coaches. However, I was unable to attend two games each on a different level because at this point in time only the college season is underway. So instead of attending a game at a level other than college, I attended a high school practice session. At first the coach was a bit apprehensive about allowing me to attend, but he eventually allowed me to after a younger brother of a friend of mine who was on the team assured him that I wasn t a spy fo...

When I came to Reinhardt College, I had to meet new people. I had to meet new teachers, coaches, and students. One coach who stood out to me is coach Jonathan Lenarz. He is the Reinhardt soccer coach and teaches Reinhardt Orientation and Wellness. There are many things that I can say about Jonathan Lenarz, like he is a care ing, understanding, and intelligent person. Caring is a great way to describe a coach because he looks out for players on his team and also anyone who is around him. Coach Le...

Compare & Contrast In the real world, people search for jobs that will give them personal satisfaction, along with a good paycheck. Unfortunately, we all are not lucky enough to get the jobs that we want, so we have to settle for what is available at the time. I mean, how many people really dreamed of being like Calvin, and working at McDonalds, or who really had aspirations of laboring at the local Shell station? This is not always the case, a lot of people actually decide what they want to be,...

No one is alike, everyone has there own way of doing things. For example, I was coached by two different basketball coaches in my high school years; both of whom had their own unique style of coaching. Coach Lira and Carla coached the same sport even though each had different strategies for their athletes. Coach Lira was forty years old and had coached for ten years. She coached for the same high school she played basketball at, and has a lot of experience in coaching as well as playing the game...

The movie Remember the Titans takes place in Virginia. The year was when there were no racial mixing's in the schools. The movie starts practically the day that the announcement of desegregation was going to come into action. The movie is in a small Virginia town where they say that football is as big as life. The high school team is known for being great and when they here that blacks are entering their school now they are furious. The school comes in and fires the old head coach and replaces h...

Brian's Song This is a true story about how 2 men, Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers, completely different from each other from and bond. The 2 men are separated by about everything that you can think of: they come from 2 different parts of the country, one is white, one is black, 1 liked to talk, the other was shy. Pretty much the only thing they had in common was that they both were competing for the same job. This book takes place in and around the Chicago area. Gale and Brian are both trying to ...

The most important thing to notice in our questionnaires is the motivation methods employed by the supervisors on both levels: crack of the whip and fear, generated by some of the Store management team, encouraged by my supervisor being strong handed in attitude with me and the supervisor gives me a verbal warning if I dont react positively to what Im told. All the questioned employees also named the lack of positive encouragement as the way to improve their performance. The motivation technique...

Coaching Youth Soccer Coaching children at a young age is an extremely rewarding and challenging experience. Over the last two years I have had the privilege of organizing and coaching my sons soccer teams. These teams consisted of six, seven, and eight year old children, many of whom were playing soccer for the first time. Coaching inexperienced children is a unique challenge, and a good coach strives to give everyone a rewarding experience by establishing a positive foundation in soccer. There...

CROSS-COUNTRYVsSwimmingby Charles ThurowSecond Period During the cross-country season, I developed a bad case of shin splints so, I went to the trainers office to find the best way to take care of the shin splints. Vicky, the sports medicine specialist told me to go to the weight room and do the shin weight exercises. So, everyday I went to the weight room and did shin exercises. However, when the swim team is in the weight room their coach kicks me out. His only argument is that I am not one of...

ATTAINING EMINENCE AND SATISFACTION IN HIGH PRESSURE OCCUPATIONS People take their leisure activities very seriously. The importance that people place on their leisure has received large amounts of attention from many noted sociologists. Juliet B. Sch or indicates that the average American's leisure time is declining and consequently becoming even more important (1992). Results of a study on the lack of leisure time back these findings "The average American has lost 2 hours of leisure time a day...

Remember The Titians was a great film to view for all student-athletes. It shows a great deal of behaviors not only from coaches but the way people are treated throughout life. Many different situations were faced in this film. Such as coaching styles, racism, friendship, and many others. This has been the first time I seen this film. It was one of the most inspirational films ever. It was all the beginning of a new year for one high school called T.C. Williams had many changes done to it. In Vi...

Sitting in the "Bleachers" When a kid is 18 and knows how to throw a football better than anyone in the state, or can run faster than other athletes his age, or can swing a bat with more power and grace than anyone has seen in years, he is not in high school. He is in his own school. If he is from a small town where everyone knows his name and the entire community comes to watch his games, he is a hero and a legend for ages to come. He is not a boy, he is a man and he makes his decisions with an...

This book, The Outside Shot, is the sequel to Hoops, a book I read in middle school. Lonnie Jackson, the main character, is going off to college at Montclare state, in Indiana. Lonnie gets a scholarship to play basketball at Montclare State College. Lonnie, along with all the rest of the basketball players, stays at Orly Hall on the second floor. Not to long after he shows up their he meet this girl, Sherry, that asks him if he wants to be in this study group she's putting together because he is...

What makes a soccer coach good? Topic: what makes a soccer coach good. Purpose: to describe the things a coach does to make him a good coach. Audience: coaches, or people who are thinking about becoming a coach. In the past I have had many soccer coaches. Sme had qualities I believe to be good and some not so good. Every person has there own perception on what makes a soccer coach good. My perception is, they have good organization skills, can form positive relationships with the team, parents a...